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Country chores I didn’t realize how blessed we’d be living on a farm and having what we have. I go back to visit friends and feel sorry for them when they say things like, there’s nothing to do with my kids anymore, the parks are closed.” — alicia miller the approach she and her husband take is instilling a true love for caring for animals and the farm in their children. “I didn’t ever want it to be like a chore. I mean there are days where I don’t even want to go out and do this stuff, but I wanted to make it something we could do together,” she said. Farm life has taught her children about how life and death works, how babies are made and, of course, hard work. “They understand that we raise things and that some are raised to be eaten. There is a reason for it,” she said. With chores completed Gibson appeared in a doorway grinning ear-to-ear holding one of his Ameraucana chickens as Wylie could be seen in the horse corral gathering up several buckets that had blown across from another part of the farm. Work on the farm has an effect off the farm Miller believes. “I’ve noticed things with my kids and their school work. We never have a hard time getting them to do it. They just know that it has to been done. We get it out and do it.” We always have time to talk... ABOUT YOUR SUCCESS! Come in, pull up a chair and let’s get to work. Delmar Grain Service, Inc. 502 1/2 Main Street, Delmar, Iowa 563-674-4261 Pictured: Rich Thola and Allen Kloft Your friend in the field. ® Welter Seed & Honey Co. 319-837-6111 • 800-848-7333 West Point, IA www.merschmanseeds.com 14 Eastern Iowa Farmer | Spring 2021 eifarmer.com
Country chores (Left) Among the animals Wylie Miller tends to are two Yorkshire hogs and horses. (Above) Jana Miller, 4, cares for a lop-eared rabbit named Steve and helps to look after other animals around the farm. Eastern Iowa Farmer photos / Kevin e. schmidt ‘Priceless’ experience Bruce River refuels his truck next to the machine shed on his property near Maquoketa. The soft-spoken 62-year-old man looks off into the distance when asked about doing chores growing up on the farm. “We were kind of diversified, some pigs and cattle, but when I was young mostly our folks ran a hatchery,” he said. “The waterers were automatic, but, whether it was feeding or pitching chicken manure – a lot of high-nitrogen chicken manure – it was a lot of manual labor.” River had four siblings, and everybody did something starting when they were 3- or 4-years-old. That work ethic, he said, was one of the biggest benefits he got growing up on a farm. “I think no matter what I would have done in life, it instilled good values and a very strong work ethic in me, and, just as the commercial says, the experiences were priceless.” SErvicE PArtS SALES customers fIrst. AlwAys. With us, you’re always the top priority. Our sales, service, and parts teams are ready to help you get the job done. Call or stop by today. I M P L E M E N T scherrmans.com Monticello, iA 319-465-3519 Dyersville, IA 563-875-2426 Check out our vintage labor rate Planter & Combine inspection deals! eifarmer.com spring 2021 | Eastern Iowa Farmer 15
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